Avoyelles Parish has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low PotentialPercentage of residents living in poverty in 2013: 37.8%
(24.1% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 47.2% for Black residents, 100.0% for two or more races residents)

277 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities in 2010
76 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities in 2010
226 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups) in 2000
79 people in nursing homes in 2000